Attachment for hollywood beds



Mrch 31, 1953/ A LOGAN ATTACHMENTFOR HOLLYWOOD BEDS Filed June 9, 1950ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 31, 1953 UNITED ,STATES PATENT o FFICE HOLLYWODfBEDS l, 1"tl 1 in' L. Logan, Floral 1N. iA1; xleatori ,lu-"nee, 1950,serie; No. 116151229 ,6 Chime :to lack offafootboardfthereis.no properplace to stow fthespread'when itisturned-down. I t most .be ataken :off,1:fo1dedgancl Iput away, or ,it may be :turned :down and Aleft ginpartially spread state facross 'thelowerpart of uv tlie bed, Thisimposes undue Weight upon the feet of the sleeper, `so

that the spreadgenerallybeoomes kicked off on :the Hoor. Likewise,`gth'ereis.no place to I zeep an extra blanketjin readiness. If laid onthe .foot

of. the :bed -it is 3 generally pushed off, so that.whenfnee'dedgthe,sleeper;has to get out ofbed in -order to retrieve it.

Theobject of the present'invention is to proviele afreck at-theffootofeHollywood bed which-can be ,readily-attached thereto, being ad-Vjjiistable from a "collapsedlposition beneath the bed, by-day, whenA.it-.may.be,completely coneeeled beneath fthe overweging belSPf-ead t0:an -erect `positinl by'night, 'in ,wliichit becomes .a ootboarmaffording vconvenient Lsupport for. the

turned downbedspread .orjfor the extra blanket,

as Well/as affording means -conronting the Alower end .of ,the,mattressfwhen 'in ,erect position, between wlnich .means and'thevvnia'ttress the bed y l "ll appear as the fllowing description ofan preferred end :prac- -tical embodiment thereof proceeds. V'I n 'thedrawing which accompanies andforms a partjoithe'foilowingrspecfieation{andthrou'ghont'the'iguresfof the sameVreference*elia-relfctezeshai/e"been iised tir-"denote iident-icalparts:

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figll-refZ isaV View n'velevation-olf-theloot-lend, jtjhe rack beingerect;

Figure i'safverti'cal section taken V'along fthe line3-g3- ofFigure 2;

*Figure '-'4 fa perspective wie-w @of .one :of the@Figuierisasectioniaken along `.the line S-S ofFg-ure 1,' Figure '1?7 1aside elet/ation,- partly `in section, of :the Afoot portion of zthe.fbed viewed `from the inside, .the rack being .ein .collapsed position.

Referring `now :detail to `the several gures, fthe nlimerial A'Irepresents-the springs of ,a Hollywood bedQhaving-.thergid peripheralframe A2, o and .upon which is `,the .mattress 3. At nthehead `land:foot.are 'the .legs 4., only Lthe legs` at the `foot fbeing shown. These are.rigidly secured :to the `iframe.oi-the.springs inthe .conventionalmanner. .The ettechment 'of the present invention vcoin- --pr'ises threecooperating Iunits, .the brackets 15, one essociatedvwith [each .of thelegsatlthe foot, and ithe ,movable -rafck 6;, .Lwhioh ris operativelyassociated. with fthe brackets. .zEachwbracketcom- Vprises a :side.plate .7 r,perforated forbolts oriscrews by means of which the bracketis attached lto .the leg, :a tace plate f8 f atfrght :angles to ithesde,piste .1 and ;.welded or .otherwise :made unitary therewith, end .enupwardly f alinea channel member 9 welded to the reerfef theface pla-te.Fie-ores ifrbesteshow :ti-.1.o `,loo .e.1et.5 securedtot-heilesiwith.theielionnel member@ extending forwardly .nwe-wlw to e4,eleselyiappro ches he i 11er meneer. e which exteo'ds in the,-epedfaste book theenennel member 5 d posi-tionf'llhefaoe plate@ has en;eieetftonsue lwhioh iisfoiset away; from ,the suriaee of l.tbe fecesete andlies,parel1ely The `v i/idtholf @.thetoneue-l2 dth ofthe :hole1:3., rfrom ...which s. offset, (so f that the .projection-fofithe.tongueupomtheplane of` the hole lis not commer- 1t but leeresfeelet y1.4 et one Side `ofotheffree edeeoieheto elle. `lhetoris-11e-is ,also.outofat theitop ASica-sf! leavea jrelativelyiwide yslot l5 ,Joetweenthe Atonglie and cholo. One .0f thesezbracketsgissecured-.to.theinsidefof :therleg ."4 at eachfside ofthe bed.

...Figure f2.showsthattherack itis v,composed .of two Verticalzsideimembersle topizbarl FLsec-ured .Lthereto, andniagonalstrutsiiextendingbetween fthe verticalsmernlavers.: Iirandpthe top bari-'l1 r The Vertical iside members `al 6 .fare of `right.iangular..-cross:-:section, having4 a top ilangeel'iland id flangeig.e'IlietopY-fii nge plays ,inthe slotl .fifi .an'd i-the iside; enee inthen-slot I4 of the bracket 5. It will be noted in Figure 7 that themember I6 at its free end is slitted along the apex of the dihedralbetween the two flanges, and that the top flange I9 is offset from theside flange to form a lug 22 parallel to the plane of said top -angedefining a slot ZI between said lug and the upper edge of said sideflange. The slot I5 is made relatively wide so as to enable the memlberI6 of the rack to be inserted into the brackets through the slots I5,including the relatively wide ends of the members I6 created by theoffset lug 22.

The inner end of the members I6 are within the channel members 9 andslide along the iioors of said channel members as the rack is raisedtowards a vertical plane or lowered into its fully collapsed positionshown in Figure 7. Y

As the rack 6 approaches the vertical, the top flange comes out throughthe slot I5, until finally when the rack is in vertical position theentire Atopflange with the exception of the lug 22, lies outside of theface plate S, between said face plate and the tongue I2. When the rackreaches this position it is pushed in a downward direction,

which causes the lug 22 to come down behind the face plate 3, the lowerpart of said face plate designated as 23 being within the slot 2i.Through vthe interdigitation of the slotted ends of the side -members I6with the lower parts 23 of the face plates, the rack is positively heldrigidly in an upright or vertical position with its side members I6 andstruts I8 contacting the down folded end 'of the bed spread at spacedpoints, as clearly .shown in Figures 1 and 2. When it is desired tocollapse the rack, it is first pulled in an upward direction in order todisengage the slotted member I6 from the face plates, whereupon, it maybe 'tilted and pushed back through the slots I4 and l5, the inner endlsliding upon the bottom of the channel member 9 in the manner alreadydescribed.

When in fully collapsed position, only the top Vbar II projects, asshown in Figure '7, this being readily and completely concealed by theoverhanging bedspread. l

Figure 5 shows that th'ediagonal struts I8 have an oiset portion 24,which enables the struts I8 :to clear the tongue I2 of the bracket 5.

It will be apparent from the above description that this rack attachmentgives all the advantages of a footboard without'the unsightly `lines ofone, in the daytime, to spoil the smoothness and compactness whichcharacterizes the Holly- Y by those skilled in the art that the specificdetails of construction and arrangement of parts, as shown, are by wayof example and not to be construed as limiting the scope of theinvention.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. An attachment for a Hollywood bed comprising a pair of similarbrackets having means by which they may be respectively secured to theopposite legs at the foot of the bed, anda rack including side membersand a top member 'convnected therebetween, said side members being 4tiltably and slidably mounted in said brackets with a range of movementfrom an erect position at the foot of the bed predominantly on theoutside of said brackets to a recumbent position predominantly on theinside of said brackets and beneath the bed.

2. An attachment for a Hollywood bed comprising a pair of brackets, eachcomprising a face plate having a tongue oiset from the plane of saidface plate and delining with the edges of the opening from which it wasstruck, communicating slots through said face plate at the top and freeside of said tongue, said brackets each including a perforated sideplate to be secured to a leg of the bed adjacent the foot, each brackethaving a channel member secured to said face plate below said slot, onthe side opposite said tongue, having means adjacent the end remote fromsaid face plate forsupporting it upon a longitudinal member of the bed,a rack comprising side members of right angular cross-section having topand side flanges, a transverse .top bar connected between said sidemembers, the latter members being slidably and tiltably mounted in saidbrackets with their anges in the respective slots and with their lowerends within said channel members, said rack being movable from arecumbent position in which its side members are predominantly inside ofsaid face plate and beneath the bed to an erect vposition at the foot ofthe bed in which it is predominantly inside of said face plates with aflange of each side member between the corresponding face plate and itstongue, the lower ends of said side members being slotted between theirtop and side flanges, to permit said flanges to embrace said face platesbelow said tongues for maintaining said rack erect.

3. An attachment for a Hollywood bed comprising brackets attachable tothe opposite legs adjacent the foot of the bed, said brackets eachhaving a guide member adapted to extend longitudinally of the bed andhaving means for supporting it upon a longitudinal member of the bed,Vand a rack including va pair of parallel side members and a connectingtransverse member, said side members being tiltably and slidably mountedin said brackets with their lower ends engaging said guide means, saidrack being movable from a recumbent position predominantly inside ofsaid brackets and beneath the bed, to an erect position at the foot of.the bed predominantly outside of said brackets.

4. An attachment for a Hollywood bed as claimed in claim 3, said sidemembers being provided with means engageable with said brackets whensaid side members are erect for maintaining them erect.

5. An attachment for a Hollywood bed comprising brackets attachable tothe opposite legs adjacent the foot of the bed, said brackets eachincluding a face plate anda tongue oiset from the plane of said faceplate, each bracket having a guide member adapted to extend longitudi--nally of the bed and having means :for supporting it upon alongitudinal member of the bed, and

a rack including a pair of parallel side mem- 5 the foot of the bedbetween said face plates and tongues.

6. An attachment for a Hollywood bed comprising a pair of similarbrackets having means by which they may be secured at transverselyspaced points to the bed adjacent the foot, and a rack including sidemembers and a rtop member connected therebetween, said side membersbeing tiltably and slidably mounted in said brackets with a range ofmovement from an erect position at the foot of the bed predominantlyoutside of said brackets to a recumbent position 6 predominantly beneaththe bed inside of said brackets.

ARTHUR L. LOGAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 10 Number Name Date 1,262,Q86 Paige Apr. 9, 19181,359,430 Richards Nov. 16, 1920

